#BAB14D#BAB14D

#BAB14D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.122 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB14D
RGB	rgb(186, 177, 77)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 58.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -9.58, 51.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 52.07, 100.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.0298 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.122 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3127, 42.4205, 13.2422)
Luminance	0.4242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB14D #4D56BA

analogous

#BA7B4D #BAB14D #8DBA4D

triadic

#BAB14D #4DBAB1 #B14DBA

tetradic

#BAB14D #4DBA7B #4D56BA #BA4D8D

square

#BAB14D #4DBA7B #4D56BA #BA4D8D

split-complementary

#BAB14D #4D8DBA #7B4DBA

monochromatic

#656027 #918A38 #BAB14D #CBC479 #DCD8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BAB14D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BAB14D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB14D

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB14D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB14D	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab14d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 177, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.122 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c882',
    500: '#bab14d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab14d;
$custom-light: #d1c882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab14d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.046,
    "s": 44.13,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74807,
    "c": 0.12188,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB14D

secondary

#999DC9

accent

#5FD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB14D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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